title: Confirmatory factor analysis of the revised Personal Style Inventory.
abstract: The revised Personal Style Inventory (PSI) was developed to measure the sociotropy and autonomy personality dimensions; both of these dimensions are thought to confer specific vulnerabilities to the onset, maintenance, and reoccurrence of depression. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the theoretical structure that informed the construction of the PSI. Using a large sample of nonclinical participants (n = 869) and a sample of outpatients with major depression (n = 101), both the items and the subscales of the PSI decomposed into factor structures that were, overall, fair to good representations of the theoretical model. Modifications were needed at the subscale level to achieve an adequate fit for the nonclinical and clinical samples, which provide implications for both the measurement and theory of the PSI and the sociotropy and autonomy domains.
authors.affiliation: Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bagby
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schuller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012925:Social Conformity; D012951:Socialization